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In this new Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery, a killer with a screw loose sets his sights on Jacobia Jake Tiptree, whose latest revation project becomes a dire matter of life and deck. Driving to a cottage in the Maine woods with her best friend, Ellie White, Jacobia Jake Tiptree has a challenging week ahead of her. She bet her husband that she could finish building the cottage porch in only a few days a lofty goal for even the craftiest home revator. But as Jake and Ellie set to work, they soon realize that they re t alone. Dewey Hooper, a recently escaped convict, is watching them. Jake s testimony got him sent away for murder years ago and here, in the remote wilderness, he can exact his revenge. Tough as nails and t afraid to defend themselves, Jake and Ellie are determined to keep their wits about them to prevent the quaint little cottage from turning into the ultimate death trap. Praise for Sarah Graves and the Home Repair Is Homicide series Readers won t be able to put this page-turner down but it will certainly make them think twice about vacationing at that Maine lakeside cottage. Leslie Meier, author of the Lucy Stone mysteries Just hearing her list the ways you can kill yourself fixing up an old house . . . is a hoot. The New York Times Book Review Graves makes rehabbing shutters and other chores suspenseful. The Boston Globe Complete with Home Repair Is Homicide repair tips!

Author Biography

Sarah Graves lives with her husband in an 1823 Federal-style house in Eastport, Maine, where her mystery novels are set. When she is not scraping, painting, glazing, sanding, hammering, or otherwise repairing (or failing to repair!) the old house, she is working on her next Home Repair Is Homicide novel, ABat in the Belfrey.